Harvard Class Day Festivities Open Brightly Amid War Time
Harvard prepares for 1917 class day with 18 000 to 20 000 guests in the stadium. Seniors in a government training camp receive 24 hour furloughs and return for the daytime program, while some speakers are absent. The day features chapel services, Sanders Theatre exercises, a class ode and poem, a confetti battle, songs on the Widener steps, and a midnight bath in the yard. Phi Beta Kappa day precedes the events with officers elected, honorary members named, and a procession to Sanders Theatre for the annual exercises.
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College Yard
Plattsburg
Cambridge
Richard Harte
Charles A. Coolidge
Hunt Wentworth
Westmore Willcox, Jr
N. EE. Burbridge
Appleton Chapel
Lowell
Sanders Theatre
Holworthy Hall
Varsity Glee Club
Widener Library
Memorial Hall
Hemenway Gymnasium
Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard Chapter
Society
Harvard Hall
Henry Osborne Taylor
New York
George Lyman Kittridge
William C. Lane
R. H. Dana
Taylor
Charles H. Grandgent
Kersopp Lake
Philip Mercer Rhinelander
Pennsylvania
Ellery Sedgwick
Atlantic Monthly
Ralph Barton Perry
Harvard Philosophy Department
Harold Murdock
Massachusetts Historical Society
Eliet
W. C. Lane
George P. Baker
Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe
Graduates’ Magazine
Alumni Bulletin
George H. Palmer
William Roscoe Thayer
Hermann Hagedorn
Fairfield, Conn
Best Time to Gain Flesh With Father John's Medicine
Experts say the season favors building up lost winter weight. Father John's Medicine is promoted as pure wholesome food elements that strengthen the weak. A testimonial from Chas. Florence of Brooklyn notes a 40 pound gain using the remedy.
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Father John
Health Officers Reserve Bill Moves Through Senate
Washington June 18 The Senate passed resolutions to appropriate 300 000 for a new officers reserve corps in the public health service and to provide for pay of health officers detailed for war service with the army navy or coast guard.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Senate
House
Three Big National Parks Colorado Vacation by Burlington Route
Plan a summer trip through Glacier and Yellowstone, then Cody Road to Rocky Mountain National Park and Denver. A single Burlington Route ticket covers travel with new roadside comforts and folding folders with maps and pictures. Contact Alex Stocks at 264 Washington St Boston for details.
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Glacier
Yellowstone National Parks
Yellowstone
New “Cody Road
Rocky Mountain
Estes) National Park
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pike's Peak
Garden of the Gods
Burlington
Alex. Stocks
New England Pass
Washington St
Boston
Ode to a Nation's Dream and Free Spirit
A long lyric urging national renewal through a sacred dream of liberty. It envisions a new cathedral of democracy built by diverse peoples across states and cities, and calls for courage, sacrifice, and unity to wage an endless crusade for freedom against oppression. The speaker invokes God to lead and sustain this collective march toward a just world.
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Elain
Silver Horn
God
Neal’s Gas Tablet Quick Relief Ad
An early 20th century ad promises fast relief by not taking 606 in medicine and urges buyers to ask for Neal at druggists. The copy notes Neal’s product is available through druggists and emphasizes rapid effects.
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Neal
Women Exalted Elks Week Plans In Boston Lodge
The Boston Lodge of Elks women’s reception committee plans daily dancing from July 9 to 14 in the lodge hall at 10 Somerset Street for visiting guests during convention week. The 100-member committee led by president Louise P. Santosuesso will feature an immense cabaret show in the dining hall and extensive hospitality throughout the week.
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Red Cross War Fund
Boston
Boston Lodge of Elks
Lodge
Somerset Street
Louise P. Santosuesso
Sarah Kane
Theresa Burke
John J. Cassidy
Louise P. Santoluosso
The
Roosevelt denounces anti England sentiment at Red Cross talk
In Oyster Bay Roosevelt condemns hosts of Americans who hate England more than the United States. He says a nation is judged by its conduct in crisis and calls anti England sentiment treacherous and un-American during his Red Cross address.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Red Cross
United States
England
Plan for Making War Airplanes
Chicago June 18 complete data on plants that can aid in the manufacture of war airplanes will be collected by the Society of Industrial Engineers organized here last month at a conference on industrial preparedness. The order directing the survey comes from the Council of National Defence in Washington.
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Chicago
Society of Industrial Engineers
Council of National Defence
Washington
Sidney W Winslow and the Rise of United Shoe Machinery
Sidney W Winslow of United Shoe built a fortune by transforming shoe machinery. From Salem youth to Beverly magnate, he pooled rivals into the United Shoe Machinery Company and revolutionized lease-based access to lasting and buffing machines, triggering extensive litigation over restraint of trade.
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Sidney W. Winslow
United Shoe
Mr. Winslow
Lynn
Winslow
Consolidated & McKay Lasting Machine Company
Goodyear Shoe Machinery Company
McKay Shoe Machinery Company
United Shoe Machinery Company
Beverly
Biggest sugar crop ever in Porto Rico
The end of June will mark the end of the most successful sugar season Porto Rico has seen. Authorities expect total output from all centrals to exceed 500000 short tons of sugar.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
P. R
Centrals
Kilties Sail From Boston Aiding Canadian War Efforts
Colonel Guthrie and the Kilties boarded the Bangor express at North Station for Fredericton with 2000 British Canadians cheering. Two hundred thirty sixth overseas personnel stay behind at Bosworth Street to recruit Canadians in the United States. Guthrie thanks Boston officials and press for a welcoming reception and cooperation from city leaders and local societies.
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North Station
Bangor
Boston
Fredericton
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Penobscot River
Highland Dress Association
Hornope
H. A. Seeley
New England
Bosworth Street
McCoy
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